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- May 10,1927. .6 7.670

F. J. SHOCK ATTACHMENT DEVICE Fil led Oct. 20, 1923 Jnz/Fmam flaw/ajita:

Patented May 10, 1927.

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I E l-e lmlldla T his arse ioa ams.. ad r ses 9 a uchfas the Wall i'newas SP??? I My lL-L. i i" .w. 7 of a container 1n which the article 1spacked,

and is primarily. designed for use in connection "with a rubber article,such as a the dealer, their own weight being suflicient to distort themfrom the true form required for their proper functioning.

' various expedients have been employed for supporting such articleswithin the shipping.

containers, a common expedient being to support the valve with itscircumferential rib, with which such valves are commonly formed, restingupon the top of a cardboard cylinder into which the valve extends, butin this practice displacement frequently occurs. Another practiceheretofore employed consists in supporting a rectangular piece ofcardboard in a horizontal position near the top of the container,passing a screw through the central part of the cardboard and threadingsaid screw into the metallic spud of the valve. Thus the soft rubbervalve is firmly suspended, but this practice requires considerable timefor mounting the screw in the spud, and the screws are a matter ofsubstantial expense.

My chief object is to provide an attachand may be quickly and securelyattached to the valve. A further-object is economy in the manufacture ofthe attaching device.

Of the accompanying drawings:

Fig. .1 is a perspective view of a preferred form of my improvedattachment device.

Fig. 2 is an elevation, partly in section, of a cardboard support and aflush tank valve attached thereto by my device.

Referring to the drawings, the attachment device preferably consists ofa length of soft wire so bent as'to provide an annular base 10, an arm11 extending from said base radially to its axis, and an expansion heador cam-latch portion comprising a reach'of wire 12 extending axiallyfrom and in continuation of said arm, and terminating in a hookedportion. '13 formed by bending the wire 'reversely upon itself and thenoutwardly from the axial portion 12,

Heretofore mg means which will be positive in action.

.f; rm yie .din PFQJ'BQt P hav ng a ou aar uy dir t d comer 'i' Th atr st fl l e'b afi i e e i e Q m prises a cardboard easel'orU-shapedstandaid of such dimensions as to fit into 'the shipping box .orcontainer, said standard comprising a top portion 15 provided withsupporting legs 16 and formed with an aperture 17 at its center. Inassembling the valve, the bent wire device, and the standard, as shownin .Fig. 2, the axially disposed, hooked portion 13 of said device ispassed through the opening 17 of the standard and is then pressed intothe internally threaded spud 18 of the valve 19. Due

to the resiliency of the wire forming the threads, in the manner of acam latch, prevents removal of the device from the spud by direct pull,althoughv it readily may be removed by a counter-clockwise relative r0-tation or unscrewing of the valve 19.

The valve being thus attached by its spud, it cannot elsewhere contactwith the legs of the standard or with the walls of its container exceptat its circumferential rib, 2Q, whatever position the container may begiven, and even thoughthe bulb fits snugly within the standard. Damageof the lower, hemispherical, sealing. portion of the valve is thusavoided. If clearance be provided between the standard and the valve,the latter may be supported by its spud, without any other point ofcontact, the spud then preferably being forced further onto the bentwire device and against the topportion 15 of the standard, so as toprovide a firm connection such as will prevent swingadapted to have acam-latch action with relation to the threads of said female threadedmember. I

2. In combination with an article provided with a female thread, anapertured support for the same, and an attachment member comprising abase portion engaging said support about the aperture thereof, and abent wire portion extending laterally from said base portion, throughsaid aperture, and engaging the threads of said article in such manneras to enable the article to be locked in contact with the support by aninward axial thrust of said attachment member.

3. An attachment device comprising a unitary wire bent to form asupport-engaging portion and a cam-latch portion extending therefrom,the wire of said cam-latch portion being reversely bent and terminatingin an outwardly projecting portion having a corner adapted to interlockwith the thread of a female threaded member against a reversal of axialmovement when said camlatch portion is sprung, by axial thrust, intosaid female threaded member.

In witness whereof I have hereunto my hand this 12th day of October,1923.

FLORAIN J. SHOOK.

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